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Adaptation to biotic and abiotic stress is crucial for the health of living organisms. In an article published in Nature Plants, Keppler et al. describe how the commensal microbiota triggers plant immune responses that feed back to tune microbial colonization of plants.
A recent “Chem” paper by the Piel group (IMB) in collaboration with the Chekan (UNC Greensboro) and Gugger groups (Institut Pasteur) reports a new and unusually complex steroid-like post-translational modification.